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NEWS CENTRAL CANTERBURY NEWS, JULY 15, 2015 New equipment helps keep services up and running New generators and a stormwater pump have been purchased to help keep Selwyn District Council services running during power outages and heavy rainfall events. During the past year, six new generators have been installed at Hororata, Kirwee, Rakaia Huts and Southbridge to improve the council’s ability to keep water and wastewater services operating during power outages. The council now has 24 generators ready to operate with 13 installed at various water bores and treatment plants, eight generators installed at wastewater pump stations, as well as three large capacity portable generators which are moved between other sites if needed. The new generators helped to ensure water and wastewater pumps providing council services continued to operate last month, said Selwyn District Council asset manager Murray Washington. ‘‘The extra generators were put to good use during the snow in June when power was cut tomany areas,’’ said the council’s asset manager Murray Washington. The council decided to purchase the extra generators following the September 2013 windstorm, when widespread power outages affected Selwyn, with some areas being without power for over a week. At that time, the council owned enough generators to cope with localised or short term power outages but not enough to keep every water and wastewater service operating fulltime. Following the wind storm, generators had to be moved around the district, making water services intermittent in some areas. 3 Land lease discussion for school Selwyn District Council is set to meet with the Ministry of Education to discuss leasing land to Rolleston Primary School. Councillors decided at a recent meeting to agree to a request from the Ministry of Education to meet and discuss the lease of the land on the south side of Norman Kirk Drive. The council’s chief executive David Ward said the council is open to the potential of leasing land to the Ministry, subject to the lease not limiting the future use of the site and a fair rental rate being paid by the Ministry. Rolleston Primary board chairperson Leanne Brown said the board was ‘‘really excited’’ the council were meeting with the Ministry. ‘‘We are just excited about all the prospects we have got. ‘‘We obviously can’t build on the land because it’s leased land so at the moment it will just be spare green space for our children to play on and have sports.’’ With a roll of about 770 – the biggest in the South Island and the fifth highest in the country, Brown said the land would provide ‘‘a bit more flexibility’’. ‘‘It just means we can manage the space a little bit easier.’’ Other matters to be discussed Stu Hildreth of Sicon Ferguson, the council’s contractor who will operate the pump, with the new stormwater pump. A large new portable storm- The new pump can pump 200 water pump has also been purchased by the council and this can pump water during flooding or heavy rain. The pump will be available for use in Tai Tapu where it will be used to pump stormwater into the Halswell River when required. litres of water per second, more than twice the capacity of the previous pump which pumped 80 litres per second. The new stormwater pump is trailer mounted so it can be quickly moved to other locations in flood events. The council also owns six other smaller pumps for civil defence which can be used to pump water if required. ‘‘The generators and the new stormwater pump help to improve the resilience of council assets and keep services running smoothly during adverse weather,’’ Washington said. with the ministry include the size of the area being considered for lease, lease conditions, the term of a lease and the process for returning the land to the council when the lease expires. ‘‘Anything that gives us a bit of extra space and a bit of extra time while we have got a roll growth is important and will work within what we can work within,’’ Brown said. Residential property problem looms for CBD Demand for office space is being met by projects already under way or outside the core CBD, so residential property is the only hope now for large areas of central Christchurch, according to a Lincoln University property expert. Associate professor in property studies, John McDonagh, said the problem with that is whether people would want to live there at the moment. He said Christchurch now has a hollow core, and without substantial office space and the associated spin off retail/hospitality, there is less reason than ever to want to live in the CBD of Christchurch. ‘‘Also the boom in new suburban subdivisions is likely to satisfy the majority of residential demand except for the most hardened of inner city enthusiasts, and the current generation of those have largely left the city as they can’t wait around forever for things to improve,’’ he said. McDonagh has long been an advocate of ways to revitalise the inner city and attract residents. ‘‘Before the quakes we already had a ‘‘soft core’’ and my research was that those who could afford to live in the central city did not want to, and those that wanted to, could not afford to. ‘‘My proposed solution was encouraging the adaptive reuse for apartments of the upper floors of much of the redundant and empty upper levels of central city buildings.’’ Unfortunately, he said, com- pliance costs were a significant barrier. Term 3 Recreation Programmes July – September 2015 Look out for a brochure in your letterbox (Rolleston and Lincoln residents), pick up a brochure from your local library, council service centre, Selwyn District Council or visit www.lincolneventcentre.co.nz or www.rollestoncommunitycentre.co.nz Lincoln Event Centre Try Zumba this term for fun and fitness. Older adults can stay active with our social low impact circuit class. 15 Meijer Drive, Lincoln | p. 347 2983 e. lec.enquiries@selwyn.govt.nz www.lincolneventcentre.co.nz Rolleston Community Centre New this term – badminton, morning and evening boot camp and a baby massage class. 94 Rolleston Drive, Rolleston | p. 347 2882 e. rcc.enquiries@selwyn.govt.nz www.rollestoncommunitycentre.co.nz